As promised, I did make it to the 45th Annual Big Book Sale at Fort Mason last weekend, and hobbled out of the pavilion with a dozen novels and a book about local architecture for only $15. But in addition to my reading material, I also bought 10 records for a buck each. Styx, the [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Let’s Give Me Something to Talk About
Posted in Events, Tid Bits, Uncategorized, tagged Books, Fort Mason Book Sale, Music, Records on September 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If You See Something, Say Something
Posted in News, tagged Crime, Robbery, Valentino on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember the baseball bat robberies last Tuesday? Well, while the police did recover most of the items stolen, a brown leather Valentino messenger bag that belonged to one victim was not returned. It was likely dropped in the Marina or Russian Hill. He posted a lost and found ad on Craigslist looking for it, so [...]
You’re invited.
Posted in Events, tagged big foot lodge, Events, moustachio bachio on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Forget Librarians, Cheap Books are Sexy
Posted in Events, tagged Books, Fort Mason, Fort Mason Book Sale, Library, San Francisco Public Library, Shopping on September 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I was browsing in the Russian Hill Bookstore this winter, and I turned to my friend and said idly, “You can never have too many books.” He mocked: “So says the girl with one stack of books.” A little taken back, I defended my singular tower of literature by insisting that I had more in storage. [...]
Pastries: Phyllis’s Top Housing Priority
Posted in Restaurants, Tid Bits, tagged Food, Green, La Boulange, Pastries, Pigeon, Polk, Twitter on September 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
As it turns out, I’m not the only one being wooed into the Polk Street La Boulange (2310 Polk St. at Green) by that scintillating curio of pastries. A pigeon named Phyllis made herself at home last week in the spacious loft-style windows above the bakery’s entry, and refused to be shooed. Phyllis became such [...]
Little League Cuts Incite Russian Hill Robberies
Posted in News, tagged Baseball Bat, Baton, Crime, Polk, Robbery, Union, Van Ness on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Getting picked last for T-ball hits some harder than others. Around 10 p.m. last night, five men between the ages of 18 and 32 drove around the city on a robbery spree, assaulting five victims with baseball bats and a collapsible baton. Russian Hill was unlucky enough to be the scene of two of four [...]
The Life and Times of Candy Selling
Posted in Stores, tagged Candy, Diane Campbell, Food, San Francisco Chronicle, The Candy Store on September 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“When you were a kid, going to the candy store was the highlight of your existence. Candy can take people away from the craziness of the world for a few minutes, and I think people are craving that right now.” — Diane Campbell, owner of the Candy Store (1507 Vallejo St. at Polk)An article in [...]
See You Next Tuesday . . . at Nick’s Crispy
Posted in Restaurants, tagged Food, Nick's Crispy Tacos, Restaurants, Taco Tuesday on September 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Some chick from Examiner named Nick’s Crispy Tacos (1500 Broadway at Polk) one of the five best places for Taco Tuesday in San Francisco, alongside the Park Chalet, the Boardroom, Blue Light, and Rubio’s. Translation: she named all five of the places that have Taco Tuesday specials outside of the tortilla-ridden Mission. Her grounds for [...]
A Faded Hardcover Reveals Mad Men-Style Cooking
Posted in Stores, tagged Alan Koehler, Books, Cookbooks, Cooking, Russian Hill Bookstore, The Madison Avenue Cookbook, Used Books on September 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I am not going to lie — well, right now at least. I enjoy stepping onto the escalator at Barnes & Noble, running my fingers across the spines of crisp and shiny tomes, and spending $24.95 on one brand spankin’ new paperback that will inherently lose value as soon as I strut out of the [...]
Spotted! Al Capone’s Wife Apt-Hunting in Russian Hill
Posted in Tid Bits, Uncategorized, tagged Al Capone, Alcatraz, Mae Capone, Real Estate, San Francisco Chronicle on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Russian Hill is many things for many people — aren’t I profound? But if you are the wife of American gangsta Al Capone, it is one of very few neighborhoods that offers prime views of Alcatraz Island, the grim place where your husband is imprisoned. In 1934, Mae Capone, who was the wife of said [...]
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